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Nauvoo City Council, Minutes,
Nauvoo
Principal gathering place for Saints following expulsion from Missouri. Beginning in 1839, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints purchased lands in earlier settlement of Commerce and planned settlement of Commerce City, as well as surrounding areas....
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, Hancock Co., IL, 18 Dec. 1841. Extract published in “New York Weekly Herald—James Gordon Bennett,” Times and Seasons, 1 Jan. 1842, 3:652–653.

Asterisk (*) denotes a "featured" version, which includes an introduction and annotation. Minutes, 18 December 1841 Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, February–December 1841 Nauvoo City Council Minute Book, 1841–1845
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“The Council then received the following communication from the
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3 Aug. 1804–5 Aug. 1867. Physician, minister, poultry breeder. Born at Fairhaven, Bristol Co., Massachusetts. Son of John Bennett and Abigail Cook. Moved to Marietta, Washington Co., Ohio, 1808; to Massachusetts, 1812; and back to Marietta, 1822. Married ...
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‘City of
Nauvoo
Principal gathering place for Saints following expulsion from Missouri. Beginning in 1839, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints purchased lands in earlier settlement of Commerce and planned settlement of Commerce City, as well as surrounding areas....
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, Illinois,

Mayer’s Office, Dec. 18th, A. D. 1841.

Gentlemen of the City Council,

Aldermen and Councillors:—

Permit me to call your attention to that excellent and useful paper—“The New York Weekly Herald,”—and its able and persevering Editor—
James Gordon
1 Sept. 1795–1 June 1872. Journalist, newspaper owner. Born at Newmill, Keith, Banffshire, Scotland. Catholic. Moved to Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, ca. 1815; to Halifax, Halifax Co., Nova Scotia, 1819; to Boston; to New York, ca. 1822; to Charleston...
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